West Coast coach John Worsfold has no problem with the buffeting star midfielder Daniel Kerr cops, as long as it’s within AFL rules.

Kerr was cleaned up several times in the Eagles’ 49-point victory over the Western Bulldogs on Sunday, finishing the match with just seven disposals in a rare quiet outing.

The 28-year-old is regularly targeted by opposition taggers, and Worsfold said he would have no qualms raising concerns if he thought Kerr was being unfairly treated.

But the premiership coach, who was renowned as one of the game’s best enforcers during his playing days, said the heavy knocks Kerr received against the Bulldogs were all part and parcel of the game.

“He got cleaned up a couple of times off the ball, not severely, but if you’re not ready for it, it puts you on the ground,” Worsfold said on Wednesday.

“That’s probably happened in 90 per cent of the games he’s played.

“If it’s not fair, then action will be taken I would assume.

“People observe games and make notices and things like that. Generally it gets picked up if it’s not fair.”

West Coast are hot favourites to make it two wins on the trot when they take on an out-of-sorts Melbourne at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.

The Demons’ on-field performance was heavily criticised following last week’s 41-point loss to Brisbane.

But it’s off the field where Melbourne has suffered the most, with coach Mark Neeld forced to deny false allegations about the way he had dealt with the club’s indigenous players.

In contrast to Melbourne’s woes, West Coast enjoyed a trouble-free start to the AFL season, with the club further boosted on Tuesday by the re-signing of emerging star Andrew Gaff until the end of 2014.

Worsfold said rumours of the Victorian being homesick had been off the mark.

“Obviously he has a very strong family support network but there has never been any issue with him feeling like he was homesick,” Worsfold said.

“We expect that he’ll be a top-line player for us for a long time.”

Meanwhile, Worsfold revealed he had tried to contact Ben Cousins a month ago but failed to reach the troubled former Eagle.

Cousins appeared in a Perth court on Monday charged with possessing 4.56g of methamphetamine with intent to sell or supply.

The 33-year-old wasn’t required to enter a plea and will appear in court again on June 27.

Worsfold stays in sporadic contact with Cousins, but has had trouble contacting the 2005 Brownlow medallist of late.

“I don’t even know if I had the right number,” Worsfold said.

“His number’s changed a few times … so I haven’t had any contact with him since before Christmas.”